On 19 December 2022, the European Commission launched infringement proceedings against Hungary (Case C‑769/22), alleging, among other things, a direct violation of Article 2 TEU. This sparked debate over whether the ECJ might develop its case law to allow Article 2 TEU to serve as an independent legal basis, even without a connection to specific … Read more
On Tuesday this week, the European Court of Justice rendered two judgments (here and here) on whether Article 22 TFEU gives mobile EU citizens the right to join a national party in order to exercise effectively their right to stand in municipal and European elections. The Court’s judgments are groundbreaking. However, this is not because … Read more
In recent years, a worrying trend has been observed in member States’ migration policy: the latter are increasingly invoking national security arguments to justify restrictive measures and refoulement in the area of migration, as the examples of Greece, Poland, and Hungary demonstrate. This development raises serious questions about the safeguarding of the principle of non-refoulement, … Read more